Crossandra.
Add color to your garden by learning how to grow crossandra.
Plant your crossandra in well-drained soil amended with peat or other organic matter. The soil should be kept moist, not soggy, at all times and never allowed to dry out. A balanced fertilizer should be applied every month during the spring and summer, and then every eight weeks in the fall and winter.
Crossandra infundibuliformis, the firecracker flower, is a species of flowering plant.